Born 1990 in Shostka, Sumy region, Ukraine. Painting. This is very emotionally difficult period for humanity… Oleh Shkoloberda This is very emotionally difficult period for humanity and this work is my reflection on the situation. I didn’t think about the depth of the problem until I encountered it. It is very important to pay attention… Continue reading Oleh Shkoloberda
Category: Artist`s Stories
The creative industry has been hit hardest by the pandemic and artists have been the least protected from the 2020-2021 crisis. To overcome the pandemic consequences, there is a need to create a database of information material, the source of which would be the international experience of direct participants in the cultural sphere.
As a result, Kyiv NGO “Art research platform MOKONSHU” initiated the creation of a Library of artists stories and voices of artists from different countries and local contexts.
The pandemic experience research is part of the international art project “#365daysafter”, which brings together Ukraine, Croatia, Portugal and China in a joint study of the art of the 2020-2021 pandemic period, which has already involved more than 200 artists born and/or living in one of these countries. An important part of the art project are stories of creative experience of the COVID period from each participant, describing, characterizing and documenting the last year, through which we can remove the walls of social isolation built by the pandemic.
Laura Brcković
Born 1992 in Zagreb, Croatia. Video performance. During the pandemic and the lockdown I had the opportunity to peek inside myself. Laura Brcković Because of the pandemic I had to choose locations that are isolated and adapt the work to new conditions. The art work Walking is a introspective video performance made in 2020. during… Continue reading Laura Brcković
Josephine Florens
Born 1988 in Odessa, Ukraine. Everyone sometimes needs a pause to rethink what is happening. Josephine Florens This long pause occurred during quarantine due to the coronavirus. Did people have enough time to realize their mistakes? There was one artist Josephine, she had a lot of things to do, taking care of children and family… Continue reading Josephine Florens
Ivana Filip
Croatia. Multidisciplinary. Therefore, lock down stressed the prohibition of collaboration and gathering but that brought to my project even more personality and closeness with free roaming cats. Ivana Filip I had been already in the middle of the artistic research with free roaming cats when pandemic started. All workshops with locals had to be canceled… Continue reading Ivana Filip
Olga Fedynchuk
Born 1985 in the village of Stari Kuty, Kosiv District, Ivano-Frankivsk Region, Ukraine. Folk art. Pandemic has really limited social communications, that has influenced on art in whole. Olga Fedynchuk However, we have gotten invaluable opportunity to communicate with our relatives, to link the relationships and to feel the power of Ukrainian traditions: holidays, song,… Continue reading Olga Fedynchuk
Mariia Vasylenko-Sheremetieva
Born 2000, Kyiv, Ukraine. Painting. During quarantine, I felt like contact with the outside world seemed to be lost inside me… Mariia Vasylenko-Sheremetieva During quarantine, I felt like contact with the outside world seemed to be lost inside me and I am desperately trying to keep the remains of that thrill. Like the one that… Continue reading Mariia Vasylenko-Sheremetieva
Hilde Camacho
Portugal. HagaieL is an artistic duo. HagaieL shows that two is more than just one plus one. HagaieL is ‘H’ – Hilde – and ‘L’ – Leah. A Portuguese couple. It’s ‘H’ plus ‘L’. Painting. To be honest… the pandemic helped in our creative process. Hilde Camacho We got to rent a place to be… Continue reading Hilde Camacho
Zorana Unković
Born 1988, Split, Croatia. Combination of free form poetry and paintings/drawings. I was locked away in my apartment, scared of what was happening, scared for my life and the life of my closest family and friends. I felt helpless and lost… Zorana Unković The pandemic has caused a series of HUGE changes in my personal… Continue reading Zorana Unković
Nicol Načinović
Born 1993 in Pula, Croatia.Painting. My generation has experienced a crisis like this for the first time. We are fighting an invisible enemy who is giving us new challenges every day. Nicol Načinović The coronavirus pandemic has brought us an existential crisis. Broken by the situation, we had to accept the new normal. My generation… Continue reading Nicol Načinović
Valentin Chornyi
Born 1986 in Kyiv, Ukraine. Muralist, painting. The best time for those who are not interested in news and go their own way is the opportunity to put thoughts in order and transform them into artistic images .. Valentin Chornyi During the pandemic, there was a lot of free time to think, which was not… Continue reading Valentin Chornyi